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Mission San José
The fourteenth California mission, its church rebuilt in adobe.
Quiet, cool inside, and deeply layered history.
What makes it interesting
Founded in 1797; the adobe church collapsed in the 1868 Hayward earthquake and was reconstructed in the 1980s.
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Should you go?
- Vibe
- History · Architecture · Culture
- Good for
- Families, History & culture fans
- Weather
- Indoors — works in any weather.
- Plan for
- ~1 hr visit (estimate)
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- Editorial listing — not yet checked by Rovari
Story
The mission that fell and rose again